Chews Elementary School

Chews Elementary School operates as a heavily attended K-5 school in BLACKWOOD, New Jersey, operated by Gloucester Township Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 716 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 77% above the state mean of about 405.

Chews Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Gloucester Township Public Schools, a district that caters to 6,502 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Chews Elementary School records that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Chews Elementary School logs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at Chews Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Camden County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Chews Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 34.2%.

Around the school, Camden County reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,755 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), Chews Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Triton Regional High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chews Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chews Elementary School has increased 12%, going from 637 students in 2018 to 716 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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